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C.E.J. Pacian reviews Downtown Tokyo, Present Day: "The Chicken Must Die" July 2, 2008
"Although Downtown Tokyo, Present Day is most likely to be mentioned for its bipartite player character - you play the parts of both the..." - See full review
C.E.J. Pacian reviews Vespers: "Apocalypse a Few Centuries Ago" July 2, 2008
"As a hypochondriac, I stopped playing Vespers as soon as I read the word 'plague'. And then, a few days later, I started playing it..." - See full review
A new listing for Lonely Places, by Nick Marsh July 2, 2008
A very short story of a night of Lovecraftian horror - with a free personality test thrown in.
Emily Short reviews The Abbey: "Bewildering and possibly buggy" July 2, 2008
"I had high hopes for this, since I enjoyed both the book and the board game from which it takes its inspiration. In practice, though, I..." - See full review
A new listing for The Foggy Banana Adventure, by DaveH July 2, 2008
You are an old warehouse man on a foggy wharf. What horrors or riches will the latest cargo contain?
perching path reviews Gun Mute: "6 Bullets, 1 Heart, No Tongue" July 1, 2008
"Who doesn't enjoy aiming a six-gun at cyborgs? I do, and it's even more fun in a program which usually manages to parse my commands as..." - See full review

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